As with a couple of songs on L.D. 50, this song appears to me to be religiously focused. Only because I've gone through an experience like this personally, it sounds like Chad was perhaps raised on religion (some form of Christianity) and all of the would-be loving and caring attributes of it. At some point, he sees through the BS of the belief and in that, his realization ends up making him an outcast from all of his friends and loved ones who are believers. Mention of "the cross" and "AIN SOPH AUR" are religious references. Read about AIN SOPH here: http://altreligion.about.com/library/texts/bl_secretteachings30.htm
Everything mentioned in the "I divorce..." passage of the song are clearly topics he had issues with and decided he had to let them go. Naturally, there are some pretty deep things in that passage but amongst them are faith. Because I've personally experienced loved ones turning their backs on me because of religious differences, this is the level I'm connecting with this song on and it makes complete sense to me. This sums it up quite well: "Spare your life and leave me to my misery." It's as though he's telling whoever he's talking to to continue focusing on their salvation while leaving him to the misery of having to deal with the nail it drives between them.
As with a couple of songs on L.D. 50, this song appears to me to be religiously focused. Only because I've gone through an experience like this personally, it sounds like Chad was perhaps raised on religion (some form of Christianity) and all of the would-be loving and caring attributes of it. At some point, he sees through the BS of the belief and in that, his realization ends up making him an outcast from all of his friends and loved ones who are believers. Mention of "the cross" and "AIN SOPH AUR" are religious references. Read about AIN SOPH here: http://altreligion.about.com/library/texts/bl_secretteachings30.htm
Everything mentioned in the "I divorce..." passage of the song are clearly topics he had issues with and decided he had to let them go. Naturally, there are some pretty deep things in that passage but amongst them are faith. Because I've personally experienced loved ones turning their backs on me because of religious differences, this is the level I'm connecting with this song on and it makes complete sense to me. This sums it up quite well: "Spare your life and leave me to my misery." It's as though he's telling whoever he's talking to to continue focusing on their salvation while leaving him to the misery of having to deal with the nail it drives between them.